Fountain brush



Aug. 1s, 1936. H. G. LOMAS y 2,051,340

l FOUNTAIN BRUSH Filedv May 25 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE2,051,340 FOUNTAIN BRUSH Hazen George Lomas, Detroit, Mich.

1 Claim.

A vstill further important object of the inveny tion isto provide afountain brush which is cheap to manufacture, clean, sanitary andeconomical use. Afs'tillevery important object of the invention isto/prcvldc means for regulating the ow of cream: oriuid from the bulband means for distributingthe fluid throughout the hair of thebrusligj/l Another importantobject of the invention will be found toreside in the meansprovided for preventing the ow of iiuid from thebrush, to the end that the brush may be packed away in a suitcase, trunkor the like, for traveling purposes.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this application, whereinlike numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the same, Figurel. is a front elevational view partly in section of the fountain brush,showing it in its assembled position,

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view of Fig-- ure 1, taken on linet-2 thereof, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the fountain brush, showing thebulb removed from the brush head, and

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of the soap feeding mechanism.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration,there is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral tgen-s erally designates the brush head which is of cylindrical shape,having a central bore, the lower end being bent inwardly as clearlyillustrated in Figure l, and the inner upper portion being internallythreaded. Within the brush head S there is secured a disk 8 having acentrally disposed bore therein, through which there extends the feedpipe 9. As clearly illustrated in Figure l, the central portion of thedisk 8 is provided on its upper surface with a cone-shaped projection,the inner sides of which closely embrace the feeding tube Si, which iswelded thereto.

The disk 8 is centrally located and secured in the bore of the brushhead 6, dividing the brush head into a lower bristle receiving portionl,`in which there is rmly secured in the usual manner, the hair or'shaving bristles I2. The feed pipe 9 projects above the disk 8 andextends be- 'any desired position lrelative Application May 25, 1934,Serial No. 727,539

low the disk, to substantially the central portion of the bristle; I2.

It is to be fiu'ther noted in this connection that the hair bristles I2completely ll the lower cavity ofthe brush head and snugly embrace and 5surround the'outer surface of the feed pipe 9. I'o the lower portion ofthe feed pipe 9 there is secured a rubber tubing I4 which terminatesshort, as illustrated in Figure 1 of the lower ends of the hair bristlesI2 and the lower free end of l0 the tubing I4 is serrated or toothed fora purpose to be more fully hereinafter Idescribed.

Iny the feed pipe 9 directly above the apex of theprojecting portion ofthe disk 8 there is provided oppositely disposed inlet ports' orapertures 15 i6. The upper portion of the feed pipe 9 is internallythreaded into which there is adapted to be screwed a thumb screw orvalve I8 which may be regulated with respect to the inlet ports I6, tothe end that the ow of liquid may be controlled, 20 or if so desired,completely stopped.-

In the upper portion ofthe brush head E there is internally threaded abulb supporting collar 20 having a centrally disposed bore therein whichcommunicates with the inner upper portion' of 25A the brush headdefining a soap well, 2l.

As clearly illustrated in Figure l, the lower portion of the bulb 22fits over the circular upper portion of `the collar 20, closelyembracing the same and securing the bulb thereto. The upper 30 portionof the rubber bulb is of substantially v frusto-conical shape and isconstructed of such a size, as to adequately accommodate a supply offluid, such as soap to last over a reasonable period of time.

On the outer surface of the bulb there is provided integral, spaced.longitudinally disposed ribs 2t providing a gripping surface tofacilitate the squeezing vand unscrewing of the bulb. It is also to benoted that the upper portion of the bulb 22 is substantially flat to theend that the same whether lled with soap or empty, can be positioned inan upright position.

The thumb screw valve i8 may be adjusted to to the inlet ports toregulate the flow of soap through the inlet port i@ into the feed pipeSand consequently to the brush hairs i2. It is noted in this connectionthat when it is desired to place the l'fountain brush in a trunk,suitcase, or the like, in traveling, the thumb screw valve I8 may bemoved` to its lowermost position, closing the inlet ports I6 1 andthereby preventing the ow of fluid through the feed pipe 9.

The depending tubing I4 secured to the feed 55 to present a.v sharp,soft pointed surface of substantially the same character as the brushhairs, to the end that a pleasing effect to the face is obtained. Thisrubber tubing secured to the feed vpipe or tube, is considered one ofthe salient features of theinvention, in that it terminates just shortof the free end of the brush head, thereby permitting of a distributionof the soap in that portion of the brush hair which contacts the surfaceofthe user.

While there is shown for the purpose of illustration a. preferredembodiment of the invention, it is to bespecificaily understood that itis capable of various changes and modifications, without .departing fromthe spirit thereof, and it is intended therefore, that only suehlimitations shall be imposed thereon as are indicated in the prior artor the appended claim.

Having thus described the' invention, what is A brush of the classdescribed, comprising a head having a centrally arranged passagewaytherethrough and an internally threaded upper portion, a transverselydisposed disk in said passage dividing said head inlto an upper fluidwell` and a lower bristle receiving portion, said disk having anupwardly extending integral frustoconical shaped central portion with alongitudinally extending bore therein, bristles secured in said lowerportion, a longitudinally disposed fee/i pipe in said bore in said diskprojecting into the fluid well and extending into the bristles, saidportion of said feed pipe in the uid well being provided with fluidinlet ports adjacent the upper portion of the frusta-conical-shapedportion, a tubing ofsoft rubber material secured to the lower end ofsaid feed pipe and terminating shortof the lowermost end of saidbristles, said feed pipe on the free end thereof being serrated,

an adjustable valve for said ports, and a frusto-` conical shaped fluidreceiving bulb secured to the upper portion of said brush head.

' HAZEN GEORGE LOMAS.

